Kiona N. Smith

@kionasmith07

Science reporter and author. Also knitter, crocheter, cross-stitcher, tabletop gamer, Pokemon Go player, and #NAFOFella. Actually 2 goblins and a magpie in a trenchcoat. She/they.

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Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· 11d

I tried to go to the bathroom alone. Max says, "Not on my watch!"

POV: You are on the toilet and at the other end of the bathroom, there is a little gray dog peeking his head around the edge of a slightly open door, which is slightly open because he pushed it with his little gray nose.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· 12d

Wishing you relief, comfort, and timely answers. Here is Max. Sometimes he helps.

A little gray dog shoves his scruffy little nose into the camera to say hello. There is a bit of food on his nose, but it can't be helped

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· 29d

Everyone needs to witness Max using my mom's shoe as a pillow.

A little gray dog with floofy floppy ears resting hhis chin on a woman's foot. She's wearing gray sneakers and her feet are a few inches off the floor because her chair is tall and she is not tall.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· 29d

This surprisingly ergonomic rock lives on my desk! Not pictured: the small rock and mineral collection on my bookshelf, started a few years ago because Mika did a Rock Check and I realized I had zero rocks.

A friendly light brown rock with a round indentation worn smooth on one side, and another indentation perfect for gripping on another surface

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· May 26

Did the thing!

Screenshot that says "you've sent 4.13 EUR to Tamara Shulika."

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· May 26

I dropped by the bookstore today and was ridiculously excited to see that they revived their "Blind Date With A Book" shelf. Couldn't pass this one up, and it totally delivers on the tagline so far.

A package wrapped in teal paper with colorful leaves printed on it, labeled "Blind Date With A Book. "Learn a bunch about a really weird animal." Tags: nature, mysterious. Price marked out because *shrugs Midwesternly*

Cover.kf The Book of Eels, by Patrik Svensson. It has an eel on it, and the eel is oddly cute.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· May 21

I totally lost the plot on that one pair of leaves and just sort of threw in some random lines, but I drew this radish! #OliveArtClub

Poorly drawn sketch of a radish on a bright green sticky note. The leaves look like they were drawn by someone desperately trying to replicate the lines they saw in the photo but who, perhaps, forgot to make them look like leaves in the process.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· May 17

A brown calf with a white splotched face glares dramatically from halfway behind a tree. Cue the Bond theme.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· May 14

Max can take a hint.

A little gray dog with his tongue flopping out the side of his mouth, because he has no teeth to hold it in place.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· May 14

Here is a belated badly-drawn birthday sheep! Mareep from Pokémon may have given me weird ideas about what sheep tails should look like.

Badly drawn stick figure sheep on a sticky note.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· May 12

Wonky olive on sticky note, 2026.

A horrible sketch of an olive on a bright green sticky note, with a bright red pimento, black outline, and very unskilled attempt at shading.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Apr 28

It's important to charge your schnauzer regularly, I guess.

A scruffy little gray dog lying in a dog bed. The end of the phone charger cable is somehow also in the dog bed, and the dog is lying on it, to. It looks like he's plugged in.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Apr 26

Seems like a good time for another picture of my neighbor's calf.

A brown calf with a white splotched face stands beside a brown cow under a tree.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Apr 24

I spent a few minutes telling this one that she was probably my dad's favorite when she was a baby, because he always especially liked "the little black calf with the white face," of which there's usually at least one in the mix every year. They weren't Daddy's cows, but he adored them.

A black cow with a white face lying down under a tree.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Apr 24

When I say our back yard backs up to a cow pasture, I mean they're *right there*. If I had longer arms and we didn't have chicken wire on the fence to keep Max from visiting his bovine buddies, I could have petted the baby just now. I was on my side of the fence to take this picture.

A calf just awoken from their nap, gangly legs folded up under them, stares in annoyance at the camera. Mama cow is curled up behind them looking watchful.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Apr 24

Some personal news: the neighbor's cow had a baby.

A little brown calf lying in vibrant green grass, tilting their head to look up a brown cow standing nearby

Under a tree in green pasture, a black cow with a white face and a brown cow stand beside a brown calf with a white face, who is lying down.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Apr 23

My Max says hi to your Max!

Little gray dog with soft floppy ears outside his paws on the couch, asking to be picked up or at least petted.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Apr 14

I guess @seananmcguire.bsky.social has trained her fans well: see toad, tag author.

A small but round road sitting in an empty flowerbed next to a sidewalk.

A larger, rounder toad in the same empty flowerbed.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Mar 30

May I offer you a Max in these trying times? He helps!

A little gray dog with floppy ears and the tip of his tongue hanging out. He's put his paws on the chair because I am IGNORING him. How very dare I!

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Mar 27

Small dog for everyone in case of emergency. :)

A cute little gray dog with floppy ears and a very boopable little nose

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Mar 21

Here is Max! Sometimes he also helps.

A cute little gray dog with soft floppy ears

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Mar 20

Behold a little dog who is terrible at being rescued. There was a large owl perched on the back fence, so Mom decided to grab Max just in case the owl was feeling audacious. Max was oblivious and tried to escape Mom's rescue. The owl said "heck with this" and took off.

A little gray dog looks unrepentantly up at the camera. His ears are hiding somewhere behind his head, lending him an oddly streamlined look of faux innocence.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Mar 11

That's utterly horrific. Here is Blizzard in his travel accommodations, for morale purposes. (He has a much larger enclosure normally, with more verticality; this was just for a road trip.)

A brown crested gecko with no tail sits on a leaf in a small terrarium.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Feb 25

Tonight's sunset said trans rights.

Photo of a sunset with tree branches silhouette in the foreground. The sky is striped blue, pink, and white

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Feb 18

You are heard, seen, and worried about. Here is a small dog for morale purposes.

Little gray dog with his tongue sticking out, sprawling in a way that looks like it should be uncomfortable, but apparently isn't

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Feb 4

Can confirm that's basically the gig.

Text post by @simpstunning which says "Journalism is hilarious. People just go to places and start asking like 'Hey, what the fuck is going on here?'"

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Jan 8

Here is a Max! He helps.

A little gray dog with floppy ears and very gentle dark eyes looks over his shoulder at the camera. His tongue sticks out the side of his mouth.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Jan 7

May I offer you a Max in these trying times?

A little gray dog with the tip of his tongue poking out the side of his mouth. He is very cute and wants you to feel better.

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Jan 2

This book showed up in two of my undergrad classes and one in grad school. The first two times, I finished the semester and sold it back to the campus bookstore, like you do. And then had to buy it again two semesters later. I'm still afraid to get rid of it, because what if I need it later?

A copy of Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa, by Katherine A. Dettwyler

Kiona N. Smith@kionasmith07· Dec 31

I knitted this sweater for a friend's kid!